On November 29, International Conference on Financing for Development started in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Representatives of different countries – Presidents, Prime-Ministers, Deputy Prime-Ministers, Ministers, other high-ranking officials, Heads of international structures attended the conference. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar and Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General made grand opening ceremony of the conference.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Gegham Gharibjanian presents Armenia at the conference. Within his visit to Qatar Deputy Minister had a meeting with Ahmed bin Abdullah al Mahmoud, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar.

In the course of the meeting the two touched upon issues concerning development of Armenian-Qatari relations, cooperation within the framework of international structures, as well as issues of mutual interest. They attached importance to the necessity of organizing mutual visits and reached definite arrangements on that issue.

Within the meeting Deputy Foreign Minister also had short talks with the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who delivered his warm welcomes and wishes to the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. He also mentioned that Working Committee established by National Security Secretaries of the both countries will soon prepare the package of appropriate documents for implementation of economic projects between the two countries. In the course of the talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki the two touched upon issues concerning bilateral partnership.